[Avodah] "Re: Contents of Avodah digest on atifat tallit

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:28:36AM -0500, Joel Schnur wrote:
: The Vilna Gaon states that it is not necessary bizman hazeh, to do atifas
: yishmealim. Just hold the tallis over your head and make the bracha of
: l'hisataf BAtzitis. Nothing is said before or after, either.

What grounds does the Gra have for the din changing?
Does it have something to do with whether atifah is the norm in general society?
Or perhaps it's a din in tekheiles?
Or was it something else I couldn't guess at?

The first possibility might require a tallis that is buttoned or otherwise
worn in a modern style.

Those of us who wear murex dyed tekheiles might still need to do atifah
if we want to gain by doing so. (I would say Radziner tekheiles too, but
following the Radziner rebbe and worrying about minhag haGra at the
same time would require a unique individual.)

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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